Syrian security forces have committed “crimes against humanity” since widespread anti-government protests began in March, according to a damning UN report (pdf) that will add to the mounting pressure on the president, Bashar al-Assad.
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UN Resolution Condemns Rights Abuses In Iran
The UN General Assembly’s rights committee has passed a resolution condemning human rights abuses in Iran.
Iranian official’s statement at UN cannot conceal persecution of defence lawyers
Amnesty International – Amnesty International deplores the statement at a UN press conference on 16 November 2011 by Mohammad Javad Larijani, the Secretary General of the Judiciary’s High Council for Human Rights, that “[n]o lawyer is in prison because he is a lawyer or he is a defender of human rights.”
IAEA Backs World Powers’ Resolution To Intensify Pressure On Iran Over Nuclear Program
The United Nations’ nuclear watchdog has backed a resolution drawn up by the world’s major powers to increase pressure on Iran over its secretive nuclear program.
Iran’s Human Rights Case Might End Up at the Security Council, Says the UN Special Rapporteur
Omid MemarianAward Winning JournalistAhmed Shaheed, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, believes that if Tehran does not cooperate with his mandate and continues on the current path in ignoring international mechanisms to monitor the worsening human rights crisis in the country, Iran’s human rights case might eventually end […]
Iranian Official at the UN Hurls Baseless Accusations at Top Lawyer and Opposition Leaders
(16 November 2011) Iranian authorities should stop misrepresenting their human rights record in order to deflect international criticism and justify widely reported illegal detentions, said the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran today.
Iran decries Saudi resolution
Iran has sounded an alarm about Saudi Arabia’s draft resolution to the UN, delivered in response U.S. allegations of a plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the U.S. — a plot that Iran calls a U.S. fabrication meant to falsely accuse the Islamic Republic.
Ardeshir Amir Arjomand Requests Immediate Attention by UN Special Rapporteur to the Recent Human Rights Violations in Iran
November 9th, 2011 [Kaleme] In a letter addressed to Mr. Ahmed Shaheed, United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran, Dr. Ardeshir Amir Arjomand, spokesperson for the Coordination Council of the Green Path of Hope, asks the Special Rapporteur for his immediate pursuit of and attention to the most recent human rights violations in […]
Dr. Azmayesh’s letter to Dr.Ahmed Shaheed
Dear Mr Ahmed Shaheed Following your preliminary report on the human rights abuses in Iran, unfortunately the oppressor ruling government of Iran has increased its pressures on its people and the incidents of human rights violations in order to show they have no respect for you, nor for the United Nations High Commissioner for […]
UN Committee Says Iran Fails to Uphold the Majority of Civil and Political Rights
On 4 November 2011, the United Nations Human Rights Committee issued its concluding observations regarding Iran’s record of upholding civil and political rights.